Safety Culture: From Theory to Practice
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Andreza Araújo
Safety Culture Expert | Senior EHS Executive
Andreza Araújo is a safety culture expert and senior EHS executive with more than 25 years of experience in environment, health and safety. She is a Civil Engineer and Occupational Safety Engineer from Unicamp, holds a Master's degree in Environmental Diplomacy from the University of Geneva, and completed sustainability studies at IMD Switzerland.
Andreza has served in Global Head of EHS roles in Fortune 500 environments, leading cultural transformation programs across multinational operations. She has represented Brazil as a speaker at the United Nations in Paris and has spoken at the International Labour Organization in Turin.
She is the author of more than 16 books on safety culture in Portuguese, Spanish, English and German. Her work has earned more than 10 EHS awards, including two recognitions from Indra Nooyi, former PepsiCo CEO.
Formal credentials
- Civil & Safety Engineer (Unicamp)
- M.A. Environmental Diplomacy (University of Geneva)
- Sustainability Cert (IMD Switzerland)
- People Management & Coaching (Ohio University)
- UN Paris speaker representative for Brazil
- ILO Turin speaker
- LinkedIn Top Voice
- Indra Nooyi PepsiCo CEO recognition (2x)
Selected books
Cultura de Segurança
Andreza Araújo
Liderança Antifrágil
Andreza Araújo
A Ilusão da Conformidade
Andreza Araújo
Sorte ou Capacidade
Andreza Araújo
Muito Além do Zero
Andreza Araújo
Antifragile Leadership
Andreza Araújo
Podcasts she hosts
Headline Podcast in English
Host and editorial lead of the English-language podcast, with conversations on safety leadership, EHS and organizational culture.
Headline Podcast in Portuguese
Host of the Portuguese-language podcast, with interviews and conversations on safety culture and EHS.
O Conselho de Segurança
Host of this Portuguese spin-off, with debates and guidance on safety leadership and culture.
Articles by this author
1079 articles psychological-safety
5 Insights from Episode 11 with Dr. Thomas Krause on Leadership Quality
Five leadership lessons from Episode 11 with Dr. Thomas Krause on making safety values credible through decisions, trust, incident analysis, and field verification.
psychosocial-risks
Workload Threshold Explained: 4 Signals That Demand a Work-Design Change
A workload threshold is the point at which demand exceeds the time, staffing, recovery, attention, or control conditions required for safe and sustainable work. It is not a fixed number for every team. Managers identify it by testing whether people can complete the work without relying on hidden overtime, skipped controls, or permanent recovery debt.
incident-investigation
How to Verify a Near-Miss Fix Before It Becomes Routine in 8 Steps
A practical F2 guide for EHS practitioners, supervisors, and operations leaders who need to verify that a near-miss fix changed field conditions instead of only closing an action.
safety-leadership
How Alanna Ball Thinks About Vulnerability as a Safety Leadership Skill
Episode 13 with Alanna Ball reframes vulnerability as a bounded safety-leadership behavior that makes people, questions, and better decisions more visible.
psychological-safety
Psychological Safety: 4 Traps That Make Leader Curiosity Feel Like Surveillance
A critical diagnostic for leaders who want curiosity to improve safety decisions without turning every question into an inspection of the person speaking.
risk-management
Assumption Drift Explained: 4 Tests That Keep Risk Decisions Current
A practical F7 explainer for supervisors, EHS managers, and risk owners who need to keep safety decisions aligned with current work conditions.
occupational-safety
How to Verify Lockout/Tagout Before Maintenance Starts
A field-ready lockout/tagout verification method that tests isolation, stored energy, ownership, and restart control before maintenance begins.
occupational-safety
How a 180-Day Safety Plan Delivered a 50% Accident-Ratio Reduction
A documented 180-day plan at PepsiCo South America Foods was associated with a 50% reduction in accident ratio within six months. The useful lesson is not to copy a campaign. It is to connect leadership intent, supervisor decisions, field verification, and a measured outcome without confusing one case with a universal promise.
safety-indicators-and-metrics
Safety Metrics: Closure vs Verification vs Repeat Exposure
A practical comparison of three safety signals that answer different questions, helping leaders choose evidence that should trigger escalation before a weak control becomes normal.
safety-leadership
Safety Budget Governance: 5 Decisions That Keep Prevention Funding Tied to Critical Risk
A practical executive framework for deciding what safety work deserves funding when budgets are constrained, with emphasis on critical controls, verification capacity, and evidence from the field.
